Advice On Car Scrapping

[Prudie]

In the family we have a runaround car with very low mileage for its year, mechanically very sound and probably worth £1000 - £1200 if it had a long MOT. Problem is with MOT due it needs at least £800 worth of welding to the underbody - the top of it is fine but the bottom has had it. Not going to spend that kind of money but is there any alternative to scrapping for about £60 at our local yard? It seems so wasteful when the engine etc are fine but we don't want the hassle of breaking it ourselves.

[ummmm]

I had a similar problem with my car. It wasn't worth fixing. A scrap yard paid me something like £230 for it.

[brainiac]

You might be able to get something for it through a site like this:
https://scrapcarhero.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6cPRwav75QIVFeDtCh3TQwFbEAAYAiAAEgJeU_D_BwE

[snags]

I scrapped a car through these people (Government/DVLA approved):

https://www.cartakeback.com/

They paid more than I was quoted by a normal breaker, came and took it away free of charge, gave me a cheque once car was loaded and I received a DVLA linked Certificate of Destruction.

[davebro]

£60 seems a low price for a scrapper, try some other dealers? You could try it on ebay as "MoT failure for spares only" - check first if any similar have been sold. (if you can be bothered)

[ummmm]

Same as Snags, they gave me a cheque there and then. Shame though, I really liked that car.

[douglas9401]

Gumtree is your friend in a case like this.

[Old_Geezer]

You break it up in your front garden and sell the bits on eBay.

[Old_Geezer]

Or find someone willing to take it off your hands to do same.

[ummmm]

What if you don't have a front garden?

[ummmm]

Or any friends :-)

[Prudie]

I wouldn't dream of doing that in my front garden - how chavvy :-)

[ToraToraTora]

list it on ebay as spares or repair, you'll get more than a scrapper will give you.

[sherrardk]

Contact your local college and see if they buy MOT failures to practise on?

[Hopkirk]

With a bit of Googling, you could probably get nearing £200 for scrapping.